: It allows these external tools to "inherit" your active, authenticated login sessions from a browser without needing to re-login manually.
: It is natively compatible with essential utilities like curl , wget , and specialized downloaders like yt-dlp or youtube-dl. Cookies.txt
Because cookies.txt files contain sensitive session data, they are a prime target for malware. Get cookies.txt LOCALLY - Chrome Web Store : It allows these external tools to "inherit"